Originally Posted by rekmeyata

According to MTB they say it's rated at 400 lumens by Phillips; see: http://reviews.mtbr.com/philips-safe...ights-shootout But on my box the light came in it says word for word: "powered by 2 new generation high-power lumiled led's, 1,000+ equivalent lumens" Not sure what that means but no where on the box or in the instructions does it say 265 to 295, but the Phillips specs on their web site says 220, question is why did MBR claim the manufacture said it was 400 and then what the heck is the 1000 suppose to be on the box? Since it says "equivalent" maybe they mean due to the reflector being used and most of the light energy is directed flat and low thus not wasting any light then that light is the same as 1000 lumens?? It's the only thing I can think of. Then when I compare the Mitycross 480 (480 lumens) with the Phillips the Phillips does appear brighter.

Originally Posted by swhs's review

I get the feeling it puts out more light than 270 lumen, as it gives so much more light than the Edelux.
Updates for measurements of lightoutput in integrating spheres: 21 October 2010: Olaf Schultz (www.enhydralutris.de) measured 291 lumen +/- 5%, 5 November 2010: The lamp that I tested and used in my beamshot pictures has been measured in the labs of well known flashlights which gave a result of 270 lumen, 19 November 2011: Another LBL was measured (by O.Schultz?) for the German magazine RADtouren, outcome was 282 lm, 10 Dec. 2011: Yet another LBL was measured at 265 lumen in France. So it's quite clear that Philips has from the start been quite accurate about the lightouput of the LBL and was one of the first manufacturers to advertise with real (measured) values...

Originally Posted by rekmeyata

All I know if you look a the beam comparison website I gave earlier, it's clearly one of the brightest lights with the most useful beam on the market for far less money the others. I'm glad I got it.